Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26
LET Us HAVE PEACE.
VAR. Chamberlain Meets tlie Reporters
and TaIRs About the Fisheries Dls-
pufe.


Nr. Chamberlain Meets she Reporters
and Talks About the Fisheries Dls-
pute.
WASHINGTON, Nov. is.-Twenty- I've
OF the more prominent of the Washing
ton correspondents waited on Mr. 10.
seph Chamberlain at his hotel parlor.
They were asked TO come in body, so
that the time of England's plenipoten-
tiary to the fishery arbitration might not
be too greatly taken up by individual
calls. All were seated when Mr.. Cham.
berlain entered the foom, and with d
CHEEKY good afternoon advanced to d
large center table, selected small cigar
from a large, well-flled box, aud said:
VI hope you will all smoke, gentlemen
these are good cigars | was Under the
impression that met all the journalists
in New York the other day, but / see
from this room that you have some in
Washington. In response TO various
questions put to him by the special cor
respondents, and the representative OF
the United press, Mr.. Chamberlain
said that he had been immersed
in correspondence all tlay,
and had left his room only
to go to the state department, where he
and his colleagues were formally pre-.
scented to Secretary Rayard, aud intro.
duced to the gentlemen forming the
American side of the convention. LAS
far as our side Is concerned, he con.
tinued, 1--WE have full power to deal with
all bones OF contention that may exist
between Canada and the United States.
think the results of our deliberations,
SO far as the fishery question is concerned,
will be new treaty based upon the
many treaties that exists at preSent--a
treaty that shall embody the decisions of
the convention in the disputed points of
tine old ones. The findings Of the Eng
lish side will undoubtedly be ratified by
parliament, but Of course l can express
no opinion as to what your senate may
do to what the American gentlemen su1-
gest. do not believe we will discuss
the subject of commercial union between
the United States and Canada 1t is a
question not likely to be presented to US.
Canada is on record agains. it,
England cannot take the initiative,
and l hardly think the American
government will moot it. On
Monday the convention will come
together formally in the chamber set
aside for us at the state department
building"
In reply to query as to what he
thought of the statements of certain of
the Canadian papers which set forth that
in the event of no agreement being
reached on the fishery question, the
American act of retaliation would be APP
piled and war would result, Mr. Cham.
berlain said with rather wry face:
''that he did noe know what the Cana
dian papers had said, but If they had
said anything about war, they poorly
voiced the feeling entertained in Eng.
land, which looked on war as crime 50
great that 1t was almost impossible to
commit it. We are here to allay all IL.
ritatlon, and the necessity of doing so is
the more apparent in the face of such
statement as war possibility.
will your wing of tina Liberal party
join the Gladstonians2" was the final
question put as the Parnellstic delega-
ton rose to go. ~ cannot say" replied
the diplomat with smile, at depends
on Mr.. Gladstone. He has said that his
recent home rule scheme for Ireland was
dead. know not what he has to offer
in its place. If it is just and feasible, it
might unite the Liberal party again.
Yes, am in favor of a large measure of
home rule for Ireland-one that would
sustain imperial unity and imperial SUI
premacy; plan something after that
which obtains in Canada, federation Of
separate provinces, which in turn some.
what resembles that of the United
States"